About the School
Why choose the Business School?
Because we take cutting-edge business theory out of the lecture theatre and into real-life work experience to give our students a head start in the competitive national and international job markets.
We even have a Graduate Consulting Unit to match our student talent to a company’s strategic needs.
You can trust our reputation
Not only are we rated amongst the best new university business schools in the UK government’s most recent evaluation of research quality, but reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency rate us as having excellent teaching quality too. We are also the region’s leading provider of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs).
World-class research facilities and resources
You will have 24 hour access to our Learning Resources Centres seven days a week to so that you can progress learning and present your coursework professionally.
You decide when and what you want to study
Our courses can be studied full or part time at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. And at undergraduate level you can even include a Business School course as a part of your studies if you want to do an interdisciplinary, joint honours or combined modular degree. Our range of professional short course programmes are also taught during evenings and weekends to fit around your other commitments.
Our professional accreditations are world-renowned
They include:
- Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA)
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
- Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
- Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
- Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (ISMM)
- Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
- City and Guilds (C&G)
- Institute for Management Information Systems (IMIS)
- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
- Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)
- Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA)
- Market Research Society (MRS)
We are home to a vibrant research community
Our state-of-the-art teaching and learning environment is on Hertfordshire University’s de Havilland campus, a short distance from central London and the historic city of St Albans. You could be among the 4,300 students who are already here studying one of our 13 flexible Business subject areas.
Study exchange programmes
We offer study abroad and exchange opportunities at over 70 partner universities and business schools across Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa. You will also have the opportunity to study a language as part of your course.